Literature Review
A literature review is a search and evaluation of the available literature in your given subject or chosen topic area. It documents the state of the art with respect to the subject or topic you are writing about.
What is the purpose of Literature review?
There are following purpose research do the literature review
• To see what has and has not been investigated.
• To identify data sources that other researchers have used.
• To learn how others have defined and measured key concepts.
• To develop alternative research projects.
• To put your work in perspective.
• To demonstrate your understanding, and your ability to critically evaluate research in the field.
• To provide evidence that may be used to support your own findings .i.e. Discussion Segments.
Integrative Review
Identify, analyze, and synthesize results from independent quantitative and qualitative studies to determine current knowledge Include multiple types of research designs and literature types Complicated review, but give breadth and depth to conclusions
Argumentative Review
Argumentative literature review, as the name implies, examines literature selectively in order to support or refute an argument, deeply imbedded assumption, or philosophical problem already established in the literature. It should be noted that a potential for bias is a major shortcoming associated with argumentative literature review.
Methodological Review
Thematic reviews of literature are organized around a topic or issue, rather than the progression of time. … A review organized in this manner would shift between time periods within each section according to the point made. Methodological. A methodological approach focuses on the methods utilized by the researcher.
Systematic Review
A systematic review is an appraisal and synthesis of primary research papers using a rigorous and clearly documented methodology in both the search strategy and the selection of studies. This minimizes bias in the results. The clear documentation of the process and the decisions made allow the review to be reproduced and updated.
Theoretical Review
The purpose of this form is to concretely examine the corpus of theory that has accumulated in regard to an issue, concept, theory, phenomena. The theoretical literature review help establish what theories already exist, the relationships between them, to what degree the existing theories have been investigated, and to develop new hypotheses to be tested.
Historical Review
Historical literature reviews focus on examining research throughout a period of time, often starting with the first time an issue, concept, theory, phenomena emerged in the literature, then tracing its evolution within the scholarship of a discipline. The purpose is to place research in a historical context to show familiarity with state-of-the-art developments and to identify the likely directions for future research.
Research Knowledge and Information 